Lamp-post with illuminated street signs



1929- -T. R. WILLWERSCHEID 54 LAMP POST WITH ILLUMINATED STREET SIGNS Fild May 25, 1925 2 Sheets -Sheet 1 gwue/ntoz TlwgdorRWillwemcheid 35% z 2 atkomwq Dec; 17, 1929,, T. R. WILLWERSCHEID 1,740,054

LAMP POST WITH ILLUMINATED STREET SIGNS Filed May 25) 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gjvvuc'ntor Thwd'm WZMWJc/zeid alien veg Fatented a... 17, 1929 l THEODOR R. WILLWERSCHEID, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA LAMP-POST WITH ILLUMINATED STREET SIGNS Application. filed May 25, 1925. Serial iroraaeie.

The present invention relates to a combined street light and illuminated sign. I

It is common practice in the art of street lighting, to have positioned below the lamp portion of alighting device, a plurality of plates, which are usually of embossed sheet metal, bearing thereon the names of the streets at the intersection of which the lighting device is positioned.

lVhile street signs placed in this manner are readily visible by day, it is difiicult to read the signs at night, owing to the fact that the glare from-the light blinds the eyes of a person attempting to read them.

An object of the present invention is to position a transparency containing a sign adjacent an illuminating means to cause a portion of the rays from the illuminating means to be diverted, by means of a reflector, to il- I luminate the transparency.

Another object is to position a reflector ad jacent an illuminating means ina street lamp to direct a portion of the light rays therefrom through a transparency having indicia thereon.

Another object is toposition a transparency having indicia thereon with respect to an illuminating means to be illuminated'bv a device acting in connection with theillu-' minating means.

In order to attain these objects there is pro-' vided, in accordance with'one feature of the invention, an illuminating means, such as an electric lamp, positioned withina transparent housing'to depend from the upperportion thereof. Below the transparent housing,

is positioned a secondaryv housing having a plurality of transparencies set in the sides thereof. Positioned centrally of the second- 40 aryhousing to lie below the first housing is a conical reflector,the sldes' thereof being angularly disposed to deflect a portion of the light rays coming from the illuminating means outwardly through the transparencies to illuminate them.

These and other features of the invention,-

not specifically mentioned will'be more fully brought out in the following description and the accompanying drawings, wherein:

fit Figure 1, is a VIEW partly in elevation and partly in vertical'section, of a street lamp made in accordance with the present inven tion.

' Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 ofFigurel. v f

Figure 3, is a view in plan and sideelevatioili, respectively, of a supporting spider; anc

Figure 4, is a view in elevation of a modified form of the device, a portion thereof being broken away to show the interior structure thereof.

Referring to the drawings-in detail,the invention is shown embodied in a street lamp of a well knowntype, wherein a supporting post A is composed of a pluralityof cast metal elements, comprising a column 1, an enlarged member 2 seated in a groove on the top of the column 1, and a capportion 3 seated in turn on topof the member 2. The parts are firmly locked in superposed relation by means of tie, rods 4 firmly embedded'in the base of the lamp post and engaging a metal spider 5, the arms 6 of which overlap the inner edge of the cap member 8 and firmly bind the parts together when nuts 7, threadedly engaging the "upper end ofthe tie rods, are screwed down to draw the spider downward into intimate engagement with the cap member 3.

Firmly affixed to the cap member, as by 'means of screws 8, are four brackets 9 positioned'to extend radially beyond the cap I member to form a supporting frame for a lamp structure B mounted thereon. Affixed to the upper portion ofthe brackets 9, to be supportedthereon, is an annular member or spiderlO having inwardly projecting lugs 11 integral therewith, ,each of the lugs havinga hole drilled therein.

The upper surface ofthe frame formed by the brackets 9 is preferably covered by a sheet of metal 12, of square plan view and having the configuration illustrated in Figure 1. The sheet 12 may be secured to the brackets as by means of screws 13,thecentral portion of the sheet 12 extending inwardly over the spider 10' and having a central opening to correspond with the central opening of the spider. Each of the'outerf edges of the plataia is bent to have a i4. in-a supported by and extending entirely through said sign housing and having its apex directed toward and into said opening, said reflector being spaced from the illuminating means so as to reflect a portion of the rays of the latter downwardly through said opening and into the sign housing to illuminate the latter.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

THEODOR R. WILLWERSCHEID. 

